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To put this matter briefly, the culture of daffodils should not be 
attempted where the soils are in such condition that the water will 
not drain away readily to a depth of 20 to 24 inches. The Poeticus 
group and its derivatives can withstand more moisture than the 
others. 
USE OF LIME 
The recent experimental work in growing daffodils has been con- 
ducted on soils fresh from the forest whose floor is usually acid. 
Lime has been consistently applied a year or more in advance of a 
tulip crop, the application being 2 tons of ground limestone to the 
acre, The daffodils have followed tulips. The results detailed here 
have obtained under these conditions. Xo records have been made in 
comparison with no liming. It is thought that daffodils would get 
along fully as well without the lime, for it is usually conceded that 
they are injured by too much of it. 
FERTILIZERS IN COMMERCIAL CULTURE 
It is always the safest plan for the grower, unless he has had 
enough experience to be considered expert in daffodil culture, to see 
to it that the ground planted is sufficiently fertile, i. e,, is moderately 
fertile for ordinary crops without the addition of any manures at 
the time of planting. If such land is not to be had the safer plan 
is to apply manure, grow some other crop on it the first year, and 
then plant daffodils. It is not intended to convey the idea that it is 
not possible to apply manure to this crop at the time of planting, 
but only that it is fraught with danger unless it be done with rare 
judgment. If it is done, it should be done in moderation. The 
manure should be well decomposed and very fine, so that the incor- 
poration can be well-nigh perfect ; otherwise basal rots are likely to 
be induced by the action of the fermenting particles in the soil, from 
the effect of which the young roots soon decay, and this decay extends 
to the base of the bulb. 
If the daffodil grower is also handling tulips he has a good index 
in this crop. Soil which has sufficient fertility to properly produce 
a crop of tulips will usually have sufficient plant food left in it to 
maintain a crop of daffodils the next year without the addition of 
any more manures unless the soil is very leachy. Additional fer- 
tility can then be safely added during the rooting season the second 
year as a top-dressing. At this time even raw manures applied in 
moderation are perfectly safe. The application of raw manures as a 
top-dressing the first year can also be done at the same season if con- 
sidered necessary. 
The records of the Department of Agriculture on this point are 
yet meager. One good biennial crop has been produced on new 
ground out of the forest with the incorporation of an oat crop turned 
under and without manure. Another crop has been grown after 
tulips on similarly prepared ground, but with 12 loads of mainly 
rotted hay to the acre applied before the tulips. In this case the 
daffodils were planted with no fertilizer a month after the tulips 
were dug, but a dressing of 4 tons of pulverized sheep manure to the 
acre was applied and worked in with a wheel hoe in September of 
the second year. It is considered that this application of fertilizer 
